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Ollie Francis
@olliefrancis.bsky.social
Sheffield writer of epic eco-fantasy🐻 and the BadFiction podcast🎧
Exec. of Blank Street Writers 📝
Teaches literature and other stories 📚

Mostly cross posting from Mastodon - @olliefrancis@mastodon.world
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Original post: h4.io/@brettezelel...
November 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I'm more convinced every day that I don't make my decisions based on logic but on emotion. What I choose to do is founded on invisible intuition pumps churning away somewhere in my subconscious that I have no access to except in the way they make me feel.

#emotion #emotionism #mind #decisionmaking
November 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Particularly proud of our low-effort #Halloween decorations this year.
October 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Particularly proud of our low-effort #Halloween decorations this year.
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Always slightly chilled by the truth behind Hayes' words here: that personal property and the public good do not always align - and where they diverge, the law prefers to preserve the former over the latter.
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
October 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#Loops is a federated version of TicTok, if you're after a video sharing feed without the algorithm.

Original post: mastodon.social/@dansup/1154...
October 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Been thinking about the chances of an imminent societal collapse (because, hey ho why not?).
Money is the ultimate non-perishable. Yet it is also the ultimate perishable following the end of the finance system, when it will up and vanish like Keyer Soze.
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Original post: mas.to/@kityates/11...
October 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I've tried to put this I to practice by tagging and linking quotes as I store them. It's meant I'm able to draw on them more easily later on when I'm exploring a topic. I can't fully explore a quote every time I read one, unfortunately.
#Notes #SecondBrain
September 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
September 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
September 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
There is always a cost to convenience and those who profit most are rarely the ones who pay.

Original post: mastodon.green/@gerrymcgove...
August 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I still struggle with supporting my students with spaced repetition. Sure, I have starter questions, quizzes and other activities that draw on what we learned yesterday/last week/last month - but the real power of memory happens outside of my control in a place I struggle to access.
#teaching
August 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A penis/cloaca hybrid your new nightmare, courtesy of ChatGPT.

Original post: masto.ai/@vagina_muse...
August 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This has to be one of my favourite quotes about art and reading, from @kyradavis.bsky.social . There's a freedom and honesty in holding both praise and condemnation in mind, simultaneously. Feels like what I imagine wisdom to be.
#art #writing #creativity #reading
August 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
August 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“People think that data is in the cloud, but it’s not. It’s in the ocean.”

Original post: floss.social/@alcinnz/114...
August 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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August 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is the irony of the world we're moving to: #education is going to get more important the more powerful #AI gets.
August 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
These are the right questions.

Original post: mas.to/@paranoiapen...
August 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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August 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM